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. 2023 Feb 16;261(7):1951–1959. doi: 10.1007/s00417-023-05993-7

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Fig. 4 — Impact of the use of PCR on clinical findings and need for pKP. Due to the significantly shorter duration from first symptoms to correct diagnosis in the PCR group, also in the group-comparison pre-PCR vs. PCR, the ratio of appearance of strong pain ((A) p < 0.001), epithelial defect ((B) p < 0.001), and ring infiltrate ((D) p < 0.001) is significantly higher in the PCR group. Furthermore, this analysis shows a significant higher ratio of stromal infiltrates in the pre-PCR group ((C) p = 0.018). Also, in the pre-PCR group, a significantly higher number of patients needed a pKPs ((F) p = 0.025). There was no significant correlation between duration to diagnosis and perineural infiltrates as well as pseudodendrites (not shown)